Ludwig schad



' UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG SOHAD, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

PRODUCTION OF COLORING-MATTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 354,746, dated December21, 1886.

Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No. 211,418. (No specimens.)Patented in Germany March 31, 1886, and in England July as, 1886, No.9,154.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG SOHAD, doctor of philosophy, a subject of theKing of Prussia, residing at Berlin, Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coloring-Matters; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

When para-tolyl-beta-naphthylamine is combined with the diazocombination of azo-benzo1-disu1pho-acid,a color isformed which dyes woolfrom an acidulated bath a bluish-black shade. This coloris produced asfollows: The

para-tolyl-beta-naphthylamine is dissolved in a twenty-fold quantity ofalcohol and mixed with the equivalent quantity of muriatic acid of 20Baum. Then the equivalent quantity of diazo-azo-benzol-disulpho-acid isadded, which causes the formation of the free acid of the color. monsalt, filtered, and washed until the filtrate runs off colorless. Theresidue on the filter is taken up with a solution of soda, filtered, and

the color salted out, when it separates in finetabular crystals. It isthen filtered, pressed,

and dried.

Having thus fully described my invention,

LUDVVIG SGHAD.

WVitnesses:

PAUL BOEOK, B. ROI.

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